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The Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, celebrated every October 7, was first established as the Feast of Our Lady of Victory to commemorate the Christian triumph at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Pope Pius V attributed this naval victory to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, after he called on all of Europe to pray the Rosary for protection.

When prayed well in a truly meditative way, the Rosary leads to an encounter with Christ in his mysteries and so cannot fail to draw attention to the face of Christ in others, especially in the most afflicted. In a word, by focusing our eyes on Christ, the Rosary also makes us peacemakers in the world.

The Rosary allows us to hope that, even today, the difficult “battle” for peace can be won. Far from offering an escape from the problems of the world, the Rosary obliges us to see them with responsible and generous eyes, and obtains for us the strength to face them with the certainty of God's help and the firm intention of bearing witness in every situation to “love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony” (Col 3:14).

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, pray for us!

📖 Sources: Catholic News Agency, Vatican Archives

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